Dear Queenie,
I’ve been having an affair with a married man for many years. At first he said he couldn’t leave his wife until the children were out of high school. Then he wanted to wait until they finished college. Now his kids are grown up and out on their own and he says he can’t leave his wife because she will take him for everything he’s got.
But I happen to know that he has money of his own from before they got married, and so does she, and even if he has to split 50-50 with her he’ll still be wealthy enough to never have to do another day’s work in his life.
Queenie, do you think he’ll ever leave his wife? And why doesn’t she throw him out? I’m sure she knows about us.—Impatient Byside
Dear Impatient Byside,
Apparently your boyfriend is well acquainted with the old saying, “Why buy a cow when milk is cheap?” He has things just the way he wants them and obviously has no intention of changing anything.
As for his wife, either she doesn’t know about you, doesn’t want to know, or knows and doesn’t care. Whatever it is, she has all the advantage and apparently she too is satisfied to let things remain as they are.
You, however, have wasted years of your life on an adulterous jerk who probably would have cheated on you if he had married you. In fact, you may not be his only byside. Have you considered that?
It’s high time you woke up and smelled the coffee!
